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Boris Johnson‘s plan to call an early general election was rejected after his earlier bid to keep a no-deal Brexit on the table suffered a major blow.

The prime minister had called for a poll to be held on 15 October after legislation designed to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU on 31 October cleared the Commons on Tuesday.

But Labour and other opposition MPs refused to back the motion for a snap election, which needed a two-thirds majority in the Commons, while the risk of a no-deal exit remained.

The government failed to secure the support of two-thirds of MPs, with the Commons voting 298 to 56 – 136 short of the number needed.

Mr Johnson urged MPs to reflect on what he thinks is the “unsustainability of this position overnight and in the course of the next few days”.

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The division list showed three Labour MPs voted for the general election motion tonight.

They were:

Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)

There were 28 Labour MPs who opposed the motion.

They were:

Margaret Beckett (Derby South)

Chris Bryant (Rhondda)

Karen Buck (Westminster North)

Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark)

Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)

Jim Cunningham (Coventry South)

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood)

Graham Jones (Hyndburn)

Helen Jones (Warrington North)

Peter Kyle (Hove)

Holly Lynch (Halifax)

Sandy Martin (Ipswich)

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden)

Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton)

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North)

Madeleine Moon (Bridgend)

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)

Albert Owen (Ynys Mon)

Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley)

Matt Rodda (Reading East)

Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Owen Smith (Pontypridd)

Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central)

Martin Whitfield (East Lothian)

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield)

Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge)

Chiara.Giordano4 September 2019 22:12
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The division list also showed 284 Conservative MPs voted for the general election motion along with 10 DUP MPs and Independent Charlie Elphicke (Dover).

Those who voted against also included 13 Lib Dems, three Plaid Cymru, five Independent Group for Change and seven Independents.

Chiara.Giordano4 September 2019 22:15
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From the editor of PoliticsHome.com:

Chiara.Giordano4 September 2019 22:29
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Chiara.Giordano4 September 2019 23:12

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